Ohabi Caleria
| Ohabi Caleria | |
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| Lady Caleria | |
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| Species | Elf |
| Jobs | Archer, Noble |
| Birth, Life & Death | |
| Birthplace | Argenti, Dominaria |
| Lifetime | War with Phyrexia, c. 3607 AR |
| Born | Possibly as early as c. 3300 AR or before |
| Death | After 3607 AR |
| Sources | |
| Assassin's Blade, Emperor's Fist, Champion's Trial | |
Lady Caleria was one or several individuals during a few hundred years of the War with Phyrexia.
Description
Ohabi Caleria was a dark-skinned woman with braided white hair and an antlered headdress. She wore ceremonial skins around her shoulders and a large diamond medallion around her neck. She carried a huge wooden longbow and a quiver stocked with white-feathered arrows. Her voice was dry and weathered, a deep throaty croak.[1]
History
The Goddess
As early as 3334 AR, Jamuraan archers like Marigold and Wilemina venerated a Lady Caleria of unknown first name as a godess of the hunt. They speak of Lady Caleria in present tense, as if she is alive at that time, or at least present as a deity.[2]
Ohabi Caleria
About 650 years later, the elven archer Ohabi Caleria ruled of the island Argenti. She was very good at hunting and rallied the Edemi Islands into a rebellion against the Empire of Madara, starting the Madara-Edemi War. After a failed invasion of the islands by the Kentsu, she led the islands to Madara itself to demand reparations.
Continuity issues
- Similar to the problems with Xira Arien, Tor Wauki, and Ramirez DePietro's continuity, the problem of two characters with the same name was a result of bad communication between the writers. Clayton Emery was told to include certain legends from Legends, and Scott McGough wasn't informed those characters were already being used.
- Although there are some discrepancies between Lady Caleria's two appearances, mostly due to the time gap, they are not irreconcilable.
- First, she is an elf, who is known to live for several centuries, and there may be other reasons for her to live a long life, creating the possibility that the two Lady Calerias are the same individual at different times.
- Second, first Lady Caleria may be an ancestor, perhaps the mother or grandmother, of the second, easily compatible with elven life spans.
- Third, the first Lady Caleria may be a true deity, and the second took the deity's name in her honor.[3]
- Adding to the confusion, the oracle text of Lady Caleria listed her type as a Human, but this was amended in 2020 when Human was changed to Elf.[4]. The 2022 Legends Retold version of Ohabi was also an Elf Archer.
Gallery
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Lady Caleria's orginal art
Story appearances
In-game references
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References
- ↑ Scott McGough (2002) - Assassin's Blade, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Clayton Emery (2001) - Johan, Wizards of the Coast
- ↑ Ethan Fleischer (August 23, 2022). "I led the design process for the box toppers". Twitter.
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (January 10, 2020). "Theros Beyond Death Oracle Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26.